Quotes with subtleties

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• A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

  Karl Marx
  German economist and state philosopher (1818 - 1883)
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• Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

  Billy Wilder
  Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and artist (1906 - 2002)
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• Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.

  Konstantin Stanislavisky
  Russian Actor, Theatre director, Teacher (1863 - 1938)
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• They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.

  Bernard Pivot
  French journalist and interviewer (1935 - )
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Subjects in these quotes:

• metaphysical
• theological
• acquisition
• expressing
• knowledge
• poignant

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